Zabiullah Mujahid

Zabiullah Mujahid was a spokesman for the Taliban.

Biography
Zabiullah Mujahid was born in eastern Afghanistan to a family of Sunni Muslim Pashtuns, and he had a master's degree in religious studies, working at the Ministry of Culture and Information under the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan. Mujahid was appointed as spokesman of the Taliban in January 2007 after the arrest of Muhammad Hanif, and he commented to the news about Taliban attacks. On 11 December 2015 he claimed responsibility for a Taliban attack on the Spanish embassy in Kabul and the killing and hostage-taking of a number of foreigners in a guesthouse.